260 REPORT OF NEW JERSEY STATE MUSEUM. 
Genus SELENE Lacépede. 
The Moon Fishes. 
Selene vomer (Linnzus). 
PLATES 30 AND 31. 
Hair Finned Dory. Hair Finned Silver Fish. Dollar Fish. 
Elead 27/,; depth 114,/Dij111, Vil=1,)21; A. Wel, 18seyew 
in snout; maxillary 1°/,); mandible 1%; height of interorbital 

Dollar Fish. Selene vomer (Linneeus). (Adult.) 
space 3; width of interorbital space 31%; least depth of caudal 
peduncle 41/,,; pectoral 3 in space from tip of mandible to base 
of caudal; ventral 2% ; lower caudal lobe 234. Body very closely 
compressed, much elevated, and profile very oblique, or nearly 
vertical with an abrupt occipital angle. Edges of body trenchant. 
Caudal peduncle thin, small, and compressed. Head short, very 
